Too Cute to be Edible...........

Lola's birthday fell on a Tuesday, so she got to have a mini party at school to celebrate. I was SO done with baking for awhile because of all the time and energy their cakes took. I had several leftover plain strawberry cupcakes and some buttercream left in the fridge. So I decided to make cupcake bites!

Since I had all the other ingredients, all I had to buy was the peanut butter cup candy mold, which was around $3. (You can ready all about cupcake bites, cupcake pops, and cake balls HERE.)

Here's how to do it:

• melt candy melts ( i used chocolate)


• pour into peanut butter cup mold


• immediately add cakeball to each cup


• place in fridge for 15 min.


• pop out of candy mold


• melt candy melts for top of cupcake bites ( i used lavender)


• turning upside down, dip the top of each cupcake bite into the candy melts. Cover the entire cakeball, all the way to the rim of the peanut butter cup shape.


• place onto wax paper to set. immediately add sprinkles and whatever topping you would like to decorate. The candy will set pretty fast. (I used plain old multicolored sprinkles and the pink hearts from a bag of runts.
  

More Easter!

The Baskets after the Easter Bunny came.

Deacon's first Easter basket - he got socks, bouncy balls, and

lots of eggs!
Lola got pom-poms, stickers, and lots of eggs!


An attempt to get a picture together at church....

Sweet brother man in his sweater vest!

He loves to put these ears on his head...

Being silly.

Even though this pic is dark, if you look close and see their faces, it's quite hilarious. They were having so much fun!

Lola hunting eggs.

Deacon already figured out that the eggs have candy in them from the ones Lola brought home Thursday from school. So, he picked up one at a time, opened it, ate some candy, and then looked for another one. I think he had 3 eggs when we were done. Lola had about 30.

Yes, I let him eat candy. He has a ton of teeth-he can eat jelly beans and skittles just fine.

Lola is showing off her goods. Deacon was ready for a nap.

Sidenote-I did try to get more individual pictures of Lola, but she wouldn't sit still!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter from our Little Hatchlings!

(I'll post more pics tomorrow.)

Dear Lola,

You were born Thursday April 7, 2005 at 4:33 in the morning! I had been in labor for a LONG time-28 hours! You weighed a perfect 7 pounds, 10 ounces.

You had to spend a week in the NICU for an infection, due to my long labor. It was the longest seven days of my life and most of the time that I wasn't with you in the NICU, I was crying. I wanted to take you home with me SO badly.

You finally came home on April 14, 2005 and have been a little ball of fire ever since! You have always amazed your Daddy and I, your grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends with your intelligence and your vocabulary - it is beyond your years!
You are becoming a great big sister already. You are always showing Deacon, Daddy and I how much you love us. We love to hear you sing, and watch you dance around and play dress-up.

You are such a special little girl. Today, on your Fourth birthday, you have reminded me to enjoy every moment, because this time is going by so fast.

We love you Lola Grace!

Happy Birthday!

"So I will dance with Cinderella,

while she is here in my arms

Cause I know something

the Prince never knew
I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
Cause all too soon
the clock will strike midnight..."

Birthday Party, Part One

I only have a few pictures of the party. I was busy. Sorry. Family is supposed to be emailing me their pics and I will put them on here ASAP. I can hardly get anything done right now, Deacon is sick and clingy and won't let me out of his sight. He is asleep right now and I have a billion things to do in the next 4 hours before I go to work............so not much time for blogging. Enjoy these pics. It was a great party......so I have been told. To me it felt like complete chaos!

Party day outfits

Lola's cake

Deacon's cake


Sweet girl, waiting for her swing set to be ready!

This boy was not feeling good at ALL Saturday, especially at the party. He had a cupcake later that night and seemed to enjoy it.

More to come later.

CAKE

I started baking cakes today for tomorrow's party, which I now believe is going to be a much longer process than I originally thought. My sister, the REAL cake decorator, told me I was overly ambitious.

However, I will prevail. This time tomorrow I will be putting the finishing touches on two awesomely decorated, cute as a button birthday cakes.

Stay tuned.

Can you guess why these cakes are green????

Dear Deacon,

You were born on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 6:20 in the evening. Your dad and I went to the hospital that morning very early. My labor with you only lasted about 10 hours - that was short compared to your sister! You weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces. You had the biggest baby feet and hands we had ever seen. The footprints on your birth certificate were enormous!

You were and still are precious in every way. You had fuzzy blonde hair that has now turned into sweet little blonde curls. You are such a happy baby. Everyone is always commenting on how happy you seem and how you are always smiling.

Since you were born, I have been able to be at home with you and your sister more than I was before you came. I have enjoyed all of the time I had with you in your first year and I will never stop thanking God for giving us such a precious gift - a son.

"For this child I have prayed, and God gave me what I asked of Him."

1 Samuel 1:27

Happy Birthday Deacon!

We Love You SO much!